Urelytrum.] GRAMINEX (Stapf). 331 
gsi rey hordeoides (name only), Munro in Harvey, Gen. S. Afr. 
Pl. ed. ii. 442 
Var. (ae sete (Stapf); stouter ; oe over 1 ft. by 2-22 lin., seabrid above ; 
raceme very stout, 23-3 lin, in diat pikelets on the whole broa der, never 
quite glabrous and smooth, otherwise vary oe as in the type; pedicelled spikelets 
always with 2 ¢ florets. Vossia sp. Munro in Harvey, l.c 
Katanart Region: Orange Free State; between Harsiamith and Leribe, 
ee 213! Transvaal Pretoria, Rehmann, 4729! East of the Maquasi 
ountains, Nelson, 38*! and Mooi River, Burke ex Munyo. ge : alae 
land; Pellat Plaine, between Matlareen River and Takuan, Burchell, 2200 
VIII. TRACHYPOGON, Nees. 
Spikelets iad ole 2-nate (one very shortly, the other long 
oan on the tough, slender, rhachis of solitary or digitate . 
mes. Lower (subsessile) sprkelet saiaaami dorsally compressed, 
a Florets 2; lower reduced to a gue valve; upper d. Glumes 
Lodicules 2, cuneate, small. Stamens 3. = ala ry ary rudimentary ; 
styles filiform; stigmas 0. Upper (long pedicelled) spikelets 
deciduous, subcylindric, long-awned: Florets 2; lower reduced to 
an empty valve; upper ¢. Glumes subequal, chartaecous ; lower 
obscurely 2-keeled below the tip, margins involute, base decurrent 
on the pedicel, forming a densely bearded pointed callus. Valves 
linear; upper hyaline below, coriaceous above, passing into a stout, 
kneed awn. Stigmas laterally exserted. The rest as in the lower 
spikelets. 
Perennial, ee. ; blades long, narrow, more or less rigid; ligules mem- 
branous ; racemes slender 
A TSTRIB. Species 1, very polymorphous, throughout as aoe and subtropical 
merica, in South Africa as far as the Congo, and in Madaga: 
1. T. polymorphus Shai in Mart. Fl. Bras. - iii, 263) var. 
capensis (Hack. Androp. in DC, Monogr. Phan. eet culms 
SX6e uae the internodes, boaried d at is nodes, other ise glabrous 
or Scantily and sy to J hairy ; ligules firm, up to 2 lin. long ; 
intracaninal’ nerves about cae m anes sory caseoily inflexe ; upper 
glume er Sai subacute, subglabrous, 3-nerved, margins ape 
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